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Research Roundup: Zika virus used to treat brain cancer, improving bladder function after spinal cord injury and more! – Speaking of Research

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2017-09-08 NEWS

Research Roundup: Zika virus used to treat brain cancer, improving bladder function after spinal cord injury and more!
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Pioneering gene therapy approved for leukemia in the USA. CAR T is a pioneering type of gene therapy for cancer. CAR T cells are equivalent to given patients a “living drug”. “The therapy requires drawing blood from patients and separating out the T cells.

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UPDATE 1-Roche blood test could help ‘personalise’ cancer …
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MADRID, Sept 8 (Reuters) – A new blood test from Roche and Foundation Medicine has shown it can accurately measure the number of mutations within a …

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UPDATE 1-Roche blood test could help ‘personalise’ cancer immunotherapy
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Evidence shows that tumours with more mutations are more likely to respond to immunotherapy, Roche said, adding that it hopes the new test will improve measuring TMB, particularly when invasive biopsies are not feasible. There are no such blood tests
Roche blood test could help ‘personalize’ cancer immunotherapy …WHTC
Roche blood test can accurately predict immunotherapy efficacyPharmaTimes

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2017-09-08 NEWS

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Roche blood test could help ‘personalise’ cancer immunotherapy
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Evidence shows that tumours with more mutations are more likely to respond to immunotherapy, Roche said, adding that it hopes the new test will improve measuring TMB, particularly when invasive biopsies are not feasible. There are no such blood tests
Roche blood test could help ‘personalize’ cancer immunotherapy …WHTC
Immunooncology: Roche presents blood biomarker testEuropean Biotechnology

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Does Immunotherapy Offer Hope to Finally End Cancer? – Bloomberg
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Bloomberg’s Anna Edwards reports on the earthquake registering 8.0 that shook Mexico. The quake hit off the coast of Chipas state. (Source: Bloomberg)

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